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I will never forget seeing Mary for the first time at our informational meeting in the fellowship hall at Stroud, First Baptist Church. She attended to hear about the mission trip that her church would be taking since 1993. I wrongly assumed that she was there to learn how to pray for the team. In my defense she was 79 years old, and I have had the honor of many people her age pray faithfully for me and teams as we ministered around the world. Mary wasn’t there to just pray; she was ready to go.    Mary had been recently widowed, never had a passport, never been on a plane, and not ..read more

Talking with a dear friend who has been a ministry wife for decades and excels in hospitality, she shared with me some drama unfolding in her church. It’s the kind of drama that involves pouting and ultimatums—”my way or the highway” attitudes—that can be deeply hurtful, making her question everything she’s done over the years. Ministry life is filled with joy, but it also bears a heavy weight. One mistake in a church member’s eyes can overshadow all the good you’ve accomplished, challenging your character and integrity. People might say to separate church work from home life, but that’s prac ..read more

In my years of ministry as a pastor, some of the most important things I was a part of were meetings about the Bride of Christ. Working with committees, teams, staff, deacons to determine God’s will for the situation strongly influences the future of churches. Taking the time to Pause and follow God’s plan is so important. Yet as leaders in the church, many times we just show up with no prayer, no plan, no forethought before the meeting. We must do better. In Discovering Relational Wisdom 3.0 by Ken Sande, he gives a strong acrostic called PAUSE. Here is a quick recap of the first three steps ..read more

Mom, I’m so glad our life isn’t boring. We were buckling our seatbelts in the plane, preparing for takeoff. Our family was in the middle of discerning and confirming a major ministry move, and it required several trips back and forth out of state. My teenage daughter’s statement stirred emotion in my heart. At age 17, where relationships are everything, she had the most to “lose,” and for this moment, she was embracing the adventure of it and acknowledging that ministry life is anything but boring. Sarah’s very un-boring story Reading Genesis and examining Sarah’s story from her debut in Genes ..read more

     Our practice for forgiveness to others reflects what we think and understand about God’s forgiveness.  When you get to the heart of the Gospel it is all about forgiveness. Because of Jesus sacrifice and death on the cross we can be forgiven when we accept Him as our Lord and Savior.      Ephesians 4:32 says, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.”   Scripture commands us to forgive others in the same way we have been forgiven.  Genuine forgiveness is a decision w ..read more

I will never forget seeing Mary for the first time at our informational meeting in the fellowship hall at Stroud, First Baptist Church. She attended to hear about the mission trip that her church would be taking since 1993. I wrongly assumed that she was there to learn how to pray for the team. In my defense she was 79 years old, and I have had the honor of many people her age pray faithfully for me and teams as we ministered around the world. Mary wasn’t there to just pray; she was ready to go.    Mary had been recently widowed, never had a passport, never been on a plane, and not ..read more

My Father and mother moved to Shawnee a couple years ago after their house flooded a couple of times back in Louisiana. One of the great but problematic things of their move was the consolidation of tools! My dad and I are both “wannabe” handymen. So, we have many tools and even some inherited tools. The task of going through to see what we had yielded many duplicates and even some “holes” in our tool collection! After analyzing and neatly laying out all the tools we began the process of both pairing down and organizing the tools in my shop. Now, Dad and I can go straight into the shop and kn ..read more